Bulldogs Edge Hatchets, Hearts Drop Loss To Trojans, Area Girls Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony High School edged Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 31-25 in girls basketball action Thursday evening.

WSS edged out to a 9-4 opening quarter lead, then held a 20-12 halftime lead. Schlechte tallied seven points in the second period for the Hatchets.

St. Anthony came back and pulled within 24-23 in the third quarter as Abbie Schmidt nailed four baskets and had nine points. The Bulldogs then held the Hatchets to only one point in the final quarter while putting in eight to pull out the victory.

The Bulldogs' Schmidt led the way with nine points while Emma Richards and Hunter Niebrugge had six each in even scoring.

WSS was led by Schlechte with 10 points.

In a junior varsity contest, St. Anthony played Effingham since WSS doesn't have enough players for a junior varsity team. St. Anthony won 24-12.

At St. Anthony

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (25)

Probst 0-0 -- 0, Schlechte 3-4 -- 10, Schuler 1-0 -- 3, Tabbert 3-2 -- 8, Austin 0-2 -- 2, Davis 1-0 -- 2, Schultz 0-0 -- 0, Trussell 0-0 -- 0, Newkirk 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 8 FG, 8 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (31)

Burton 2-0 -- 4, Schmidt 4-1 -- 9, M. Richards 0-0 -- 0, Weis 1-2 -- 4, McDevitt 0-1 -- 1, Brown 0-1 -- 1, Clausius 0-0 -- 0, Schuette 0-0 -- 0, E. Richards 3-0 -- 6, Niebrugge 1-4 -- 6. TOTALS 11 FG, 9 FT.

Windsor/Stew-Stras            9    11      4    1    --    25

St. Anthony                           4      8    11    8    --    31

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stew-Stras 1 (Schuler 1), St. Anthony 0.

Junior Varsity Game

Effingham             4    2       4    2     --    12

St. Anthony           4    3    10    7     --    24

Effingham -- Taylor 2, Cordes 2, Herboth 2, Koester 3, Deain 3

St. Anthony -- Clausius 2, Saba 6, Richards 2, Gibson 2, Repking 3, Weis 7, McGuire 2

At Effingham

Charleston stepped out to a 23-10 opening quarter lead and remained unbeaten this season by downing Effingham 70-56.

The Trojans nailed eight three-pointers in the contest as Rennels, Swango, Sherwood and O'Dell all connected on two each. Sherwood led the scoring with 29 points while Swango added 11. The Trojans are 8-0.

The Hearts were led by Carsyn Fearday with 15 and Aly Armstrong with 10. EHS drops to 4-2.

"We got beat by a very good basketball team," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We need to do a better job of limiting their three-point attempts and their free throws. They are so hard to guard. I thought we played really hard throughout the game. We are just working on being more consistent and more comfortable with each other."

At Effingham

CHARLESTON (70)

Crowder 3-1 -- 7, Parish 3-1 -- 7, Coffey 1-0 -- 2, Rennels 2-2 -- 8, Swango 3-3 -- 11, O'Dell 2-0 -- 6, Sherwood 7-13 -- 29. TOTALS 21 FG, 20 FT

EFFINGHAM (56)

Depoister 0-0 -- 0, Fearday 6-2 -- 15, Schafer 0-0 -- 0, Phillips 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 3-3 -- 10, Steffen 1-5 -- 7, Fox 2-3 -- 7, Webster 0-0 -- 0, Nunamaker 1-0 -- 3, Crowell 2-0 -- 4, Barr 0-1 -- 1, Myers 4-1 -- 9. TOTALS 19 FG, 15 FT.

Charleston            23    14    13    20    --    70

Effingham             10    16    10    20    --    56

3-point FG -- Charleston 8 (Rennels 2, Swango 2, Sherwood 2, O'Dell 2), Effingham 2 (Fearday 1, Nunamaker 1).

At Dieterich

Brownstown/St. Elmo had three players hit double figures for a 65-40 National Trail Conference win over Dieterich.

BSE held just a 26-23 halftime lead then had a 20-8 third period run and never looked back. Kyrstyn Fitch had 21 points while Gabi Moore had 15 and Dana Shelton had 11.

Dieterich was led by Anna Shadle and Kallee Heuerman with eight points each. Heuerman pulled down eight rebounds. Melody Mahnke had three steals. The Maroons drop to 0-3 in the conference, 3-7 overall.

At Dieterich

BSE (65)

Fitch 8-3 -- 21, Seaton 1-0 -- 2, Bone 4-0 -- 8, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Shelton 5-0 -- 11, Brown 0-0 -- 0, Moore 7-0 -- 15, Grames 2-0 -- 4, Zasada 0-0 -- 0, Reynolds 1-0 -- 2, Cappellini 0-0 -- 0, Baron 1-0 -- 2, Noll 0-0 -- 0, Howard 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 29 FG, 3 FT.

DIETERICH (40)

Shadle 4-0 -- 8, Vahling 2-0 -- 4, Klay 1-0 -- 2, Britton 0-0 -- 0, Robards 1-1 -- 3, Bloemer 0-0 -- 0, Mahnke 3-0 -- 7,  Webb 3-0 -- 6, Heuerman 3-2 -- 8, Hayes 0-0 -- 0, Bannick 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 18  FG, 3 FT.

BSE                      9    17    20    19    --     65

Dieterich             6    17      8      9    --    40

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 4 (Fitch 2, Shelton 1, Moore 1), Dieterich 1 (Mahnke 1).

Junior Varsity Game -- Dieterich 43, Brownstown/St. Elmo 36.

At Pana

Coach Laurie Thompson's crew had a big scoring second quarter to claim a 51-35 victory over Pana Thursday evening.

The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 14-10 opening quarter lead then had a 19-7 second period run as Drees scored nine points and Sandschafer connected on a three-pointer.

Sandschafer finished with 13 while Drees added 12 in the victory. Hartke led in rebounds with seven while Thompson chipped in with five. Repking had five steals.

At Pana

TEUTOPOLIS (51)

Smith 1-0 -- 2, Sandschafer 4-3 -- 13, Repking 2-1 -- 6, Drees 3-6 -- 12, Hartke 3-0 -- 6, Thompson 3-0 -- 6, Bueker 1-0 -- 2, S. Bueker 1-0 -- 2, Michels 0-2 -- 2, Hemmen 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 12 FT.

PANA (35)

Butkauskas 0-0 -- 0, Maton 0-2 -- 2, Hall 0-0 -- 0, Vaughn 3-3 -- 9, Beck 1-1 -- 3, Denton 0-2 -- 2, Dudra 4-0 -- 9, Holthaus 0-0 -- 0, Funneman 1-0 -- 2, Stremming 3-2 -- 8. TOTALS 12 FG, 10 FT.

Teutopolis            14    19    11    7    --    51

Pana                      10     7    11    7    --    35

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 3 (Sandschafer 2, Repking 1), Pana 1 (Dudra 1).

At Farina

Webber Township (Bluford) came calling and claimed a 45-31 non-conference victory over South Central Thursday evening.

Webber Township stepped out to an 11-2 opening quarter lead and held on for the victory. Potter led the winners with 19 points.

South Central was led by Keely Smith with 14. The Cougars drop to 3-2 on the season.

At Farina

WEBBER TOWNSHIP (45)

K. Potter 6-7 -- 19, A. Potter 1-4 -- 6, Donoho 1-3 -- 5, Wilkey 1-0 -- 2, Kluck 1-0 -- 2, H. Hutchinson 2-2 -- 6, Moser 1-3 -- 5, K. Hutchinson 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13 FG, 19 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (31)

Hahn 0-3 -- 3, Smith 6-2 -- 14, Lee 0-0 -- 0, Slater 1-0 -- 2, Wilkins 2-2 -- 6, McCoy 0-3 -- 3, Sigrist 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 10 FG, 11 FT.

Webber Township           11    8    11    15    --    45

South Central                    2    6    12    11    --    31

3-point FG -- none.

Junior Varsity Game -- Webber Township 43, South Central 31.

At Beecher City

Okaw Valley picked up a 48-37 win over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Thursday evening.

Okaw Valley edged out to a 9-6 opening quarter lead then went on a tear with a 20-4 second period run.

CHBC was led by Skyler Morrison with 13 points. Emma Wehrle and Tabitha Endsley had seven rebounds each.

At Beecher City

OKAW VALLEY (48)

Creviston 0-0 -- 0, Harlin 2-4 -- 8, Jeffers 0-0 -- 0, Landreth 0-0 -- 0, Lochbaum 1-0 -- 2, Macklin 0-0 -- 0, Nave 0-3 -- 3, J. Robinson 5-0 -- 10, P. Robinson 7-3 -- 17, Ruppert 0-0 -- 0, Weybright 3-2 -- 8. TOTALS 18 FG, 12 FT.

CHBC (37)

Miller 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 3-7 -- 13, Persinger 0-4 -- 4, Wehrle 1-2 -- 4, Lorton 0-0 -- 0, Smith 0-0 -- 0, Endsley 3-1 -- 7, Johnson 3-1 -- 7, Oldham 1-1 -- 2. TOTALS 13 FG, 11 FT.

Okaw Valley             9    20    12       7    --    48

CHBC                         6      4    16    11    --    37

3-point FG -- none.

At Arthur

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond bounced Cumberland to the tune of 57-24 Thursday.

ALAH took a 19-3 opening quarter lead and went on a tear for the rest of the contest. Fifer tallied 14 while Wallen had 12 for the winners.

Cumberland was led by Marti with 11.

At Arthur

CUMBERLAND (24)

Ault 0-0 -- 0, Healey 0-0 -- 0, Marti 5-0 -- 11, M. Sowers 0-3 -- 3, Baker 1-0 -- 2, D. Sowers 0-0 -- 0, Ervin 0-0 -- 0, Dunaway 1-0 -- 3, Smith 1-0 -- 3, Hudson 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 9 FG, 3 FT.

ALAH (57)

Kauffman 2-1 -- 5, Hollingsworth 1-0 -- 2, Comstock 4-0 -- 8, Duzan 0-0 -- 0, Fifer 7-0 -- 14, A. Hershberger 3-0 -- 6, Arnett 0-0 -- 0, Wellbaum 1-0 -- 2, Wallen 6-0 -- 12, Wingler 1-0 -- 2, M. Herschberger 2-0 -- 4, Petershiem 0-0 -- 0, Corum 1-0 -- 2. TOTLAS 28 FG, 1 FT.

Cumberland              3      6      7    8    --    24

ALAH                       19    14    16    8    --    57

3-point FG -- Cumberland 3 (Marti 1, Dunaway 1, Smith 1), ALAH 0.

At Newton

Paris put together a 22-15 first half run then outscored Newton 18-3 in the third quarter for a 46-26 victory.

The Tigers had five three-pointers in the contest led by Volkman with three. Brouwer led with 16 points while Volkman added 12.

Newton was led by Hartrich with 11 points. The Eagles drop to 3-5.

At Newton

PARIS (46)

Brouwer 7-2 -- 16, Volkman 4-1 -- 12, Lawson 2-1 -- 6, Switzer 1-2 -- 4, Watson 1-1 -- 3, Brandenburg 1-0 -- 3, Bowman 1-0 -- 2, Westerfield 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 7 FT.

NEWTON (26)

Hartrich 4-3 -- 11, Kline 2-2 -- 6, Earnest 1-2 -- 4, Richards 1-0 -- 3, Frohning 0-2 -- 2. TOTALS 8 FG, 9 FT.

Paris                10    12    18    6    --    46

Newton           11      4      3    8    --    26

3-point FG -- Paris 5 (Volkman 3, Lawson 1, Brandenburg 1),  Newton 1 (Richards).

OTHER SCORES:

Clinton 64, Shelbyville 21

Tuscola 39, Sullivan 32,

Salem 47, Taylorville 25

Olney 54, Robinson 18

Mattoon 58, Mount Zion 31